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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-04-06
Territory of Utah,
Secretary's Office


1, Arthur L. Thomas, Secretary of Utah
Territory, DO hereby certify that the above
and foregoing is full, true and correct copy
OF the annual statement of the Union Fire
and Marine Insurance Company, Of Pnila-
delphia, Penn, fled in my office on the
3lst day of March, A. D, 1887, as appears o
record in my office.
G In witness whereof, l have hereuntO set
my hand ard affixed the Great
IsEALl Seal OF the Territory of Utah, this
31st day of March, A. D. 1887.
AR HUR L. THOMAS,
az Secretary OF Utah Territory.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-04-06
Territory of Utah,
SecIetary'S Office. S.

I, Arthur L. Thomas, Secretary of the To,
ritorv of Utah, do hereby certify that ~,
above and foregoing is a full, true and c -le
rect copy of the annual statement of t5a
Howard ms rance Company of New Yo ny
filed in my office on the 31st.dayo of MareH
1887, as appears of record in my office
In witness whereof, 1 have hereunto So.
my hand, and affixed the seal NJ
[sEALl the Territory of Utah, his SIst dav
of March, A. D. 1887
ARTHUR L. THOMAS
az Secretary OF Utah Territory
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-04-06

Territory of Utah,
Secretarys Office IS
|, Arthur L. Thomas, sec-cta,v NJ 1,+ab
1 egrltory, do hereby certify thst ibe sbo1 r,.
ana 1eregoing is a fun. true aud c" "pDse
f0py al the annual statement THE German
nled IN my Office. on the 3lst Ciav IF HSo1'
a. u 1887, a appears OF record in nv ot o."
In witness whereof, 1 have hara,1rto -.
my hand and affixed the Gra aeto 90 oei
tsAALl OF the Territory OF Utah. this Sc
DAY OF March, A D. 1857 -' 'is'
% ARTHUR L. THOMAS
secretary OF Utah Territory.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-04-06
Howard Insurance On

State of California,
City of San Francisco,
County Of San Francisco. }
George Easton, of the firm of loo,
Ea;ton, General Ag MS OF Howard 'G TIl Il
aafe Company eh foT the Paeie Coast 6 eSS
above described officer Of said Co.'S = ne
and that the foregoing statement MI ~ gks ny,
general condition Of said COMPANY an M N, ne
3Ist day of December last, is correct sco seld
ing to the best OF his knowledge. in 'fSUoll'
ton and belief respectively. -us-
GEO. EASTOY
[Seal] 18th day OF February, A d iss .lS
CHAS. +. KELLY
Notary Public
The Irish standard., 1887-09-03

The .'grand old man," Gladstone,
never proved the greatness of his cha
racter better than in the letter he has
just written regarding John Bright.
There is something pathetic in Glad
stones reference to the attacks of his
former friend and co-worker when he
says: my desire is to bear them in 81
lence, and to remember only his patri-
otic services, together with his un-
swerving friendship down to 1886. "
Few men could rise above such taunts
as Bright has been flinging at him, and
sincerely pity the old man whose utter
ings shoWp plainly that he is in his dotage.
The Irish standard., 1887-09-03
Ourran as an Orator.

The following is Curran's description
of his first appearance at a debating So
ciety:
II stood up. My mind was stored
with about a folio volume of matter;
but for want of preface the volume
was never published. I stood up.
trembling at every fibre, though remem-
bering that in this 1 was bu5 initiating
Tully. I took courage, and had actually
proceeded about as far as 'Mr. Chair
man. when to my astonishment and
terror, I perceived that every eye
was riveted upon me.
'sThere we're only six or seven present,
and the little room could not have con.
tained as many more; yet it was to my
stricken imagination as if were
the central object in nature and as
sembled thousands were gazing on me
with breathless expectation. l became
dismayed and dumb. My friends cried.
Hear him!' but there was nothing to
hear. My lips, indeed, went through
the pantomime of articulation; but /
was like the unfortunate fiddler at the
fair who, coming to strike up the solo
that was to ravish every ear, discovered
that an enemy had maliciously soaped
the bow; or rather like poor Punch, as
I once saw him, grimacing soliloquy,
of which his prompter had most indis-
creetly neglected to administer the
wOrds.'
Such was the debut of Jack Curran or
..Orator Num- as he was waggishly
styled; but not many months elapsed
before the sun Of his eloquence burst
forth in dazzling splendor
The Irish standard., 1887-09-03

CONTINUED on Eighth Page.)
The Irish standard., 1887-09-03

The following is Curran's description
of his first appearance at a debating so
cintv.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-08-26

sure youe-wanAxwih those dad fines a
corn i4tels. ansfhe aforementioned seors-
IEheeled to confront the noise. al
wnseled felt ny hat rising on MP head
and my heart rising in my mouth. Irving
ats best to get out and see what was ooine
on. Fact is, ives ghostly scared. ex.
Gected the same fate which had befallen
my predecessors. I was on the lookout to
prevent it; and now when heaid che noise
OF tho coming enemy was too, badly scared
TO accomplish anything like good work.
LOOKED from whence the sound had
come. I fundamentally raised nv gun.
Yes, there he came. I had the drop on
MN: He, evidently, had not vet caught
sight OF me, but was on the vatch. fla
was not two rods distant. What stealthy
movements. Such were the thoughts that
coursed through my mind as then stood
at ready arms. was ahead of him. Chat
was evident. Influenced BY such feelinos
nov my heart cooled down-my hair, too,
naa lost its stiffness. I was man again.
The more looked at that fellow in the
corn the palmer saw him. It was too
dark Tor anything but outlines, but these
were painfully distinct-man and GUN.
How glad was it was dark.
advanced. I was within rod of nv
enemy, ready to fire on the instant, when
the moon struggling through rift Of the
cloud revealed my man. His head was
great ear of smut corn, while in the dark
ness husks and stalks outlined the man with
gun SO that could see him plainly.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-08-26
Frightened on Picket.
BY J. E. B.

Our command lay six miles from Nash.
Vile, on the Nolunsville turnpike. The
story had been circulated through camp,
and throughout the brigade that in front OF
my regiment picket had been kili 'a,
to 90 on that picket watch one night.
It was dark when we relieved the pre-
How Still everything was. 1t was a corn
field where stood, while in front was 2
large inca meao1 ahink;na Of the fate Of that
I pieie af post for the past two weeks In
that that post about forty-eight hours and no
relief had come. You see, my -, heart aa,h and
nr;ck and measured time by them.
Hark! A puff of wind rattles those
serried ranks Of spookish sentinel corn r.
stalks stanagg like grim guardians OF the
grave. It was spookish place, can as
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-08-26
Daniel Pratt.

Among the war "reminiscences Of the
late Daniel Pratt, not the least humorous
and interesting was that which occurred at
one OF the forts south of Alexandria in the
setts Regiment, afterward the First Massa-
chusetts Regiment of heavy artillery, was
stationed at this place, and when the SGreat
American Traveller" put in an appearance,
the boys-many of whom knew him, and
all, of course, had heard Of him-gave him
rouslng time; They made banquet for
in the menu being genuine Virginia mid
pie. The pie carried on its face so s1s-
picious a nature that the "General"de-
clined to eat it. In other respects the oan-
quet was success. The toasts and
speeches were of the most extrangant
character, and Daniel spread his elo4uence
over the crowd like gentle rai1 upon
thisty soil. He sojourned several
days with the regiment-long enough
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-08-26
Don't ssMonkey'' with the Baby.

I think babies have stood enough
abuse. They're little and all that sort
of thing, and helpless, and they are
made to %ndure the contumely that
does not belong to them. Why do peo-
pie speak of bouncing baby? A baby
usually of the age to which that term
is applied is about as far from bouncing
as it can we'll be. It is the incarnation
of impness.
"Isn't is bouncing boy?" asks the
nurse ecstaticallv.
And just at that moment the little
innocent lump Of human dough is living
with its thumb in it's mouth, perfectly
limp. But that is side issue. 4
squalling baby has been the DESTROYER
OF all romance of connubial bliss. This
effect is not produced by the baby, but
by the neighbors Directing. And the
mother may suffer, but still allow the
poor little thing to stand all the blame.
It's shame. | may object to baby
that wakes up the house in the middle
of the night with crying, but the baby
crying is not patch on the mother
soothing it. That simply drives Won
mad, and when you hear heavier foot
land on the floor and kind of rough
sound, you may look out for the father,
whose attempts to quiet the baby would
wake the seven sleepers. If they'd
only let the child cry, it would soon get
tired and go to sleep; but they keep
soothing it until it gets wild staring
wide-awake and howls for hours. Leave
the baby alone and be good enough not
to apologize in the morning in behalf
of the baby for the noise you have made
yourself. -Sa7s Francisco Chronicle,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-08-26
s De9eatR the soil Of the Southern st.Ae.
ana ana 49, 900 rest in graves msrFaa

beneath the soil Of the Southern st....
ana a4fa,I $4,000 rest in graves marked
The total number of men furnished
20 s,.t the Federal army BY the United
states g during the war, under all o cails'
was 2.68s,523. The total number 81
colored troops in the Northern erm ~
was l2a, 166. The heaviest loss nv d;:.
ease cas- }, was suffered by the colored troo,, ,
while but 2,907 died in action and n
wounds, the enormously large nnmhe,
OF q, 30l died of disease. Among Tho
white troops the proportion Of Deaths
N action and from wounds to the
deaths from disease was about one ~
two; among the colored troops a. one Ne
70 eight. OF the colored TROOPS enlist.
ed one out of every seven died Of dis
ease. The proportion among the white
troops was one to fifteen.
NOW that we are brushing up these
figures, it will be we'll enough to re.
member how many mon were furnished
by each State, and the FOLLOWING list
will show: A40o
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-08-26
no treilis has been provided, lay brush I'm.
der them, to keep the fruit off the ground.
THE ORCHARD.
Fruit Notea.

Fruit Notes.
In young orchard such crons NAV h
grown as REQUIRE manur;no and hoe;no
Potatoes, souashes. cucnmhcrs for n;cIIas
sweet corn and root, crons GENERALLY # no1
allowed to encroach upon tHe trees. NAV
will be- Increased 1 Whau t X u o enJ sU
comes into bearin1. seed Nh y ~ c,ovar I any
convert it into a Mo nastnra y Tbs oI haraTi
win be recinrocai.e The Mos Nil, thr;u.
finely, requiring but little oth b food. While
erine fallen fru;t vi; :. afu r sne h ea.1
to the trees. w - e-e"' "e-AoA'
Insects demand attan,;or th-onohort n.
summer months. Look for the bere aS stne ea,
is seen to dron from a hole i ~ tha h"rI -,
if portion nf The hari. 10 "a sa s ~ ha 10.
pressed. cnt oh The hor 1H 40 'een " 10 oe'
Il the Leaves of cnrrant ord oooaohor-;.e
are eaten bv stha 1vornan sn eH .rh;te hai1e
bore at one s,ir hippas wa.s aei y.
powder IN a ne;Ifri ~ sa.ar as.a " o, .Ie
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-08-26
THE PoULTRY-YARp.
Does Poultry Pay?

good common hen can be bought for
~ or 40 cents. During the first year she
will pay in eggs for ali she eats, raise two
breods three if managed rightly out Of
which dozen of the best chickens can be
reserved for the ensuing year, besides hav-
ing some for the table. At the lowest esti-
mate there is profit of two or three
dollars. out Of which are to be deducted
rent Of buildings, care, risk Of casualties,
etc. What is true of one is true of fifty or
one hundred, provided the needed attention
and skill are given. What other kind of
| stock will yield this ratio of profit at ordi-
nary cash market rates?
Much, of course, depends on the loca-
ton, breed, health, and productiveness of
the fowls. With few pure-bred fowls,
much larger profits may be expected, both
on the chickens and eggs. But the demand
for common fowls for food will be good
the year round, both at home and abroad.
1t is stated on high authority that in
France the value of eggs produced in 1865
was $24 100000, and the value of poultry
consumed was the same, making an aegre-
gate Of $48, 100000. The amount investe d
in the poultry business in France in 1870
was stated at more that $75, 900, OGO, or fifty
per cent. greater than in England, the
largest importer of eggs and poultry. The
number of eggs sent from Ireland alone is
stated at over seventy millions. The
Americans are waking up to this important
subject, and making an effort to supply our
own markets (for there is always fair de-
mand in our principal cities and towns) and
have surplus for export. There is no
danger of an over-supply reducing the
business to the point Of loss. There is a
growing intesesrin this industry, as is at
tested by the numerous journals, poultry
associations, expositions, etc. The raising
of poultry and production of eggs are now
prominent features in the agricultural
world. and women as well as men are at
tanning success in it. Ali the boys and
girls would have greater love for home if
parents would seek to implant in their
minds a taste for useful and beautiful
things, and give them chance to own
something as we'll as do something. Make
home attractive by mingling pleasure with
profit. What industry offers more attrac-
tive or profitable field for the boys and girls
than raising and keeping poulry7
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-08-26
THE GARDEN.
F,o,rer garden, and La,r,,.

EkOtcef Garden ana L0tcI1
Use the lawn newer as often as the
growth Of grass demands. In time of
drouth do not cut too close; use sickle or
grass hook in places which the mower cam
not reach.
Large weeds may often be pulled up by
the root, after the ground has been softened
by rain.
If thetborders cannot be kept clear of
weeds, the garden is too large.
AS SOON as the plants are out Of bloom,
cut away the spent flower clusters; if seeds
are desired, allow enough to remain to
supply them.
Bedding plants, especially if designs are
undertaken, should be kept at the same
height, and the lines kept distinct by cut
ting away any side branches that grow into
the adjoining kinds.
Dahlias, Gladioluses, and others, will
need stakes, which should be inconspicu-
GUS but strong. Avoid painted abomina-
tons. They are out of place in the flower
bed
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-08-26
THE VETERINARIAN.

Veterinary Remedies j0s. the Farm.
The following will be found valuable for
the farmer to have on hand for use on the
farm:
Aconite mixture: Eincture of aconite.
one drachm; tincture of lavender, one
drachm; water, one-half pint; action soda
tive; allays fever, and externally relieves
irritation. Doses: Horse and OK, one
tablespoonful with one-half pint of water;
sheep, one teaspoonful with one fourth
pint of water.
Alcohol, in the form of whisky, or
brandy, or strong ale, is used for cases in
which the system requires to be temporarily
reused from state of depression. Doses:
Horse or OK, whisky or brandy, four to eight
tablespoonfuls; sheep, one to three table,
pint; sheep, one-quarter pint; repeated two
OF three times day.
Calves cordial: A form of chalk mix
ture for calves and sheep. To be prepared
by a chemist as follows: Prepared chalk,
two ounces; powdered oatechu, one ounce;
ginger, one-half ounce; opium, one drachm:
peppermint water. one pint. Dose: Calves,
two to four tablespoonfuls; sheep, one to
two tablespoonfuls.
Carbolzed cotton and gauze, to be OBJ
tanned of the druggist. Valuable anti
septic applications to wounds.
Collie mixture: Equal parts of laudanum
and sweet spirits of nitre, and one eighth
part of chloric ether. A half-pint bottle
to be kept ct hand. Dose: Horse or OK,
two to four tablespoonfuls in three parts
Of pint of water.
Nitre nitrate of potash), diuretic and
fever medicine. Dose: Horse or OK, two
tablespoonfuls daily in the drinking water,
or half the quantity in tho food. Sheep,
one teaspoonful in the food.
Sulphur Glover of sulphur, very valu-
able Alternative. Dose: Horse or OK,
tablespoonful, with a teaspoonful of nitre,
may be given in the food once a day;
sheep, quarter of the quantity. Sulphur
mixed with any common oil forms an ex-
cellent dressing for mango or surfeit in
animals.
Zinc. chloride of (sir William Burnetts
Fluid), mixed with fifty to 100
parts of water, may be used for the pur-
pose for which carbolic acid is employed.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-08-26
Music and Drama at Libby Prison.

The prisoners Jared rather badly, writes
an old soldier in the Alta California, for
eatables until kind Providence softened
the hearts Of their captors, and by orders
of the Confederate Government boxes of
provisions were passed through the lines,
and the boys had an epicurean feast that
surprised their stomachs. But it did not
last long, says the General, for just after
the arrival of several boat-loads of boxes,
marked for different ones in the prison,
the Confederate Government concluded to
retain them and issued an order to that ef-
feet. In those boxes received were many
things besides eatables; different kinds Of
musical instruments, enough to comprise a
full band, were sent to different ones, so
we had fine one, which discoursed sweet
music. We had first class minstrel COM
pany, also dramatic company of no
mean dimensions. They were so pro-
fcient that many times the Con-
federate officers would attend, and
every night the streets of Richmond were
crowded with people who came to listen to
our band. We also gave large and select
hops, made so because there were no ladies
present Our minstrel show took i'm
mensely, and one was forced to go at
three or four p. m. in order to get in.
What little we had to cook was done in
one large room on stoves erected three in
each end of the room. One end was used
by Chickamauga and the other by officers
Of the Potomac army. We used little tin
cans to boil our rice in, and would raise
up the lids Of the stove little, SO that the
flames would shoot up; then you could see
some fifty or sixty little cans all over the
stove, their owners standing around,
eagerly watching their staff Of life as Il
boiled. We easily detected a new can.
Sometimes officers from the Potomac enc
of the room, their stoves being full, would
sneak can on ours. We would knock il
clear across the room. You may think this
unkind, but had we infringed on their stove
they would have done the same thing.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-08-26

to enable the connection and carrying out
OF plot which was serious matter to him,
at least while it was in action. One of the
boys thought that a little tragedy might be
worked in with the comedy of the occasion.
With Confederates he had written dis
patches from JEFF Davis, Lee, Stonewall
jackson, and other rebel leaders, addressed
to Daniel, in which the receipt of impor-
tant information from him was acknowl-
edged. These were placed in his coat
pocket without bis knowledge, and the first
next was his arrest. Daniel was taken into
custody by corporal and file of soldiers,
taken to headquarters and searched, and
the evidences of his guilt found upon him.
His denials of knowing anything about
the documents were secuted at as being
vain. A drum-head court martial was con-
vened, and upon the evidence found
in his possession Daniel was SEN
the announcement of his doom
with good deal of perturbation, and was
loud in his protests of innocence. But his
doom was sealed, and he was led out, as he
thought, to be shot. One of the boys had
been sent out with horse. He was mount
ed, and, just as the squad of soldiers were
drawn up to fire upon the "Great American
Traveller" he rode into the lines in hot
haste, fourishing paper in his hands. It
was-that is, it purported to be-a pardon
signed by President Lincoln, and stayed
the execution. One of the conditions of
this pardon was that Daniel should imme-
diately go North, and not be found south
of the Potomac during the war. He &C.
cepted the happy respite and its conditions,
and it is said that the way he left the
camp of the Fourteenth and crossed the
long bridge to Washington illustrated that
his title of the "Great American Traveller"
was not an unmerited one.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-08-26
BrO,csA Kreu6.

One pint each of Indian meal, Graham
flour, and b1ttermilk, two-thirds of cup
OF molasses and one teaspoonful each Of
soda and salt. Steam three hours Sour
milk may be used instead of buttermilk by
using little shortening.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-08-26
epoT AND SHELL.
\ Veterans "reminiscences Of
the War Of the Re.
t,.oc,nr Anecdotes OF Actual Expe.
rience and Colloquial Ac-
QUESTION.
In Hampton Roads.
ny JAxss FRANKLIN FITS.

sre she comes, the monster black,
The mysterious Merrimac,
aS sswseping down to Newport Newsl
Dat to quarters! man the gunsl
gore's fight no seaman shuns,
nand no patriot will refuse.
n.,vn she bears, the dreadful foe:
Tooden walls beneath her blow,
zane and rend with CHASTITY seam.
r.o,t Congress- and Cumberland,
non,inc with destruction grand,
Sink together in the stream.
where's the force can stay her back?
rho will meet that dire attack
Stand those iron sides before?
There's our champion ?-Lol she's here
Eaybinger of right good cheer,
Dauntless little Monitori
beathless strife! It's thunders rolled
Rnnd the world in echoes cold,
Rolling on in history's track.
nnk the ships, the sailors gone,
Who with matchless blood and Drawn
Fought the monster Merrimac;
Init the colors grandly glow
R,er the walls Of Fort Monroe:
And in Union-blest abodes,
orth and South, and far and wide,
hev shall read how sailors died
For the flag in Hampton Roads.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-08-26
Cream. Carrots.

Cut in half-inch bits one pint of carrots.
Boil in just enough sailed water to keep
from burning; when tender add one pint
milk or cream, one tablespoonful corn
starch, butter the size of an egg, salt and
pepper to season. Simmer five minutes
and serve very hot.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-08-26
THE KITCHEN.
Scnttopetl Ga,ions.

Boil, and if large cut into quarters. Put
into shallow dish, cover with white sauce
and buttered crumbs, and bake until the
onions are brown.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-08-26
Cold Lennon E,.ddiua

One-half box Of gelatine soaked in four
tablespoonfuls of water for ten minutes;
add pint of boiling water, juice of two
lemons, one cup of sugar, strain and set
away to cool. When cold, stir in the
whites of three well-beaten eggs. A thin
boiled custard can be used to pour over
this pudding, or thick, sweetened cream.